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Body Mass Increase Induced by Eight Years of Artificial Selection in the Yellow Mealworm (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) and Life History Trade-offs

Efforts to improve rearing conditions of Tenebrio molitor L. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) for insect biomass production included selecting for larger size pupae. The effects of an 8-yr continuous selection of T. molitor pupae for larger size were studied. Data consisting of daily counts and weights o...

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Autores principales: Morales-Ramos, Juan A, Kelstrup, Hans C, Rojas, M Guadalupe, Emery, Virginia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6403474/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30822778
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iey110